Opcional: En un tejedor más apretado, puede optar por reforzar las costuras del hombro pegando elástico claro a lo largo de la costura en el interior. En una camiseta, las costuras del hombro soportan la mayor parte del peso de la prenda. El refuerzo no es necesario, pero puede evitar que las costuras del hombro se estiren con el paso del tiempo.
- Identifique los lados delanteros y traseros de cada una de sus mangas. (Así es como separas la manga izquierda de la derecha.) (Así es como separas la manga izquierda de la derecha.) (Así es como separas la manga izquierda de la derecha.) On your paper pattern piece, the front side of the sleeve is to the right.
- Coloque una manga en la parte superior de la parte frontal y trasera, con el lado bueno abajo.
- Alínea la parte superior de la manga con la costura del hombro. Asegúrate de que la parte delantera y trasera de la manga esté alineada con las partes delanteras y traseras de tu camiseta.
- Pin manga en su lugar a lo largo de todo el orificio. Hay un poco de facilidad de mangas, lo que significa que la cabeza de manga es un poco más larga que el orificio. Eche en la parte superior de la cabeza de manga mientras se pincha.
There are two options for the neck finish on Teagan: a knit band or knit binding. Knit band is what you typically see on store-bought T-shirts, whereas knit binding is the finish you'll find on the Aaron A-Tank. Directions for both are given here.
Este es el paso más complejo para hacer la camisa de Teagan, pero sólo requiere un poco de práctica. No te preocupes, todo lo que tienes que hacer es hacer un par de estos y serás un profesional en poco tiempo.
- Fold your binding in half lengthwise (parallel to the longest side), and press.
- Put your T-shirt down with the back good side up, and place your band strip on top of it, lining up the raw edges of the band with the raw edge of the neck opening.
- Your band should start at the center back of the neck opening.
- Now shift your binding strip 1cm beyond your starting point. This little extra will guarantee we can join the two ends later.
- Place your presser foot 3 cm along the knit band, so a 4 cm tail will be left unstitched. This will help us join the ends together later. Then, sew around the neck opening, stretching the band gently as you sew.
This stretching is the trickiest part. Many online tutorials will tell you to simply start with a band slightly smaller than the neck opening, and stretch to fit. While an option, this does not account for differences in fabric stretch and elasticity, and can result in a floppy or puckered neck finish. Stretching to fit the neck opening by feel is something that takes a bit of practice, but is a good skill to build for better finishes long-term.
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- Stop sewing 3 cm before the end, leaving a tail like we did at the beginning.
Now it's time to sew the ends of our knit band together.
- Take the end of your knit band, and stretch it along the 3 cm separating it from the start point as you would while sewing. On the band, mark where the band reached the start point, or center back. Do the same for the other end.
- Fold your T-shirt in whatever way makes it more easy for you to place both band ends with good sides together, aligning the marks. Sew them together at the marks.
- You should now have a joined knit band.
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6 cm is not much, but should be enough to get both edges comfortably under your sewing machine to sew them together.
Hurray! You've finished the trickiest part! Hurray! You've finished the trickiest part! Optionally, you can secure the raw edges by stitching them down to the T-shirt fabric, just inside the knit band with a sig-zag or coverlock stitch. This is not required, but it is a detail that you'll see on many ready-to-wear T-shirts, and it can help your neck band lie flat.
- Put your T-shirt down with the back good side up, and place your binding strip on top of it with the good side down (as in, good sides together). Your binding should start at the center back of the neck opening.
- Align the long edge of your strip with the edge of your fabric so the strip lies on top of the fabric (not in the opening). Place the corner on your starting point.
- Now shift your binding strip 1cm beyond your starting point. This little extra will guarantee we can join the two ends later.
- Place your presser foot 3 cm along the knit binding, so a 3 cm tail will be left unstitched. This will help us join the ends of the binding later. Then, sew 1.5 cm from the edge around the neck opening, stretching the binding gently as you sew. (Note: this is not the standard seam allowance.)
- Stop sewing 3 cm before the end, leaving a tail like we did at the beginning.
- With about 6cm left to go before we complete our circle, it’s time to sew the ends of the binding together.
- Take one of the edges, and stretch it along the 3cm separating it from the start point as you would while sewing. On the binding, mark where the binding reached the start point. Do the same for the other end.
- Fold your T-shirt in whatever way makes it more easy for you to place both binding ends with good sides together, aligning the marks. Sew them together at the marks.
- Now that your binding ends are joined together, it’s time to finish the last 6cm of binding. Sew it down, staying 1.5cm from the edge as you did before.
- Fold your binding fabric around the fabric of your T-shirt to the back. This is how we’ll sew it down.
- While the fabric is folded double at the front (hiding the fabric edge in the process), there’s no need for that at the back. We will merely trim back the edge later, given that knit doesn’t ravel. If we were to fold back the fabric at the back too, it would only add bulk.
- Now you’ll sew the binding down. From the right side of your fabric, sew along the inner edge of your binding (furthest from the edge), making sure to catch the binding at the back in the process.
In a perfect world, all layers will follow smoothly. But more often than not, the top layer (front of your binding) tends to lag behind a bit. This causes your binding to not neatly fold around the edge of the fabric, but make ugly wrinkles.
- Fold the hem upwards, to the inside, and sew it down. If you have a coverlock, use it. If not, use a twin needle or zig-zag stitch to keep the seam stretchable.
